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A good friend came to my daughter's birthday party in September. She took a bunch of really nice (and semi-professional) pictures and posted them to facebook.

She tagged me in a bunch of them, which I did not mind. They were gorgeous pictures and it was nice for my extended family in China to see them.

BUT...She tagged a location in them which is not where we were. There is apparently a local business in China that contains a part of my husband's family name. She tagged us as being there. In China. Which we weren't and have never been. And it is driving me absolutely crazy that this random location is showing up in my "places" map on my timeline. I cannot remove the map. All I can do is untag myself in the album. I don't want to do that because I do like the fact that my own friends and family can see these very lovely photos.

Do you think it would be rude or out of line to ask her to untag the location?

My guess is that it autofilled when she tried to put in something like "Husband's Name Residence." I think you could bring it up to her in a lighthearted "Look at the weird stuff technology does!" sort of way.

I wouldn't mention it. If you happen to be talking to this friend about Facebook, and could kind of bring it up naturally, then maybe you could mention it, but IMO, its too much of a non-problem to make any special effort. Your friend did a nice thing for you by taking and posting the pictures, so I think it would be a bit off to imply to her "You did something wrong! Fix it!"

I wouldn't mention it. If you happen to be talking to this friend about Facebook, and could kind of bring it up naturally, then maybe you could mention it, but IMO, its too much of a non-problem to make any special effort. Your friend did a nice thing for you by taking and posting the pictures, so I think it would be a bit off to imply to her "You did something wrong! Fix it!"

I agree. I just don't see it as an issue that needs to be fixed at all.

Is your issue that your concerned family in China will see it and think "They were in China and didn't come see us?" or is it just that it's bugging you? If the first, then you can bring it up with friend saying your concerned about extended family being insulted. If it's just bugging you then I'd leave it alone.

I'd say "Oh how weird, it tagged us as being in China! Too funny." just so people (especially those who ARE in China) would know the pics were not actually taken there. Other than that it wouldn't bother me, personally.